Monthly Archives: April 2010

I wrote this horribly opinionated, elitist, provocational polemic last year, and have been wondering what to do with it ever since. There may be nuggets of truth in there somewhere, but please don’t take it too seriously!

(Just got here? Head over to Part 1 first.) In Part 1 I went through some of the frame and suspension fork options available today for building up an expedition-worthy bike that will serve you well for long treks in remoter parts of the world. In Part 2 I’ll look at…

The FLT gallery is a fantastic testament to the world of differences and similarities of bikes taken on tour. It’s a great page to pull up whenever I need some inspiration to get planning for my next trip, or just to get out there and ride.

There’s a balance to be struck between taking too many and too few techy gadgets on an expedition. I’m a bit schizophrenic in this area. I’d like to say I’m a natural Ludditenaturally frugal — last year I hitched home from Armenia with only a knife, phone and poncho —…

I decided I wanted to ride an expedition bike. Not a touring bike. If I’d envisaged spending my days on nice asphalt roads, I’d have got one of these, built for road touring’s balance of comfort, speed and luggage-carrying ability. Bikes like this, with a Brooks* and a couple of…